mittimus

[ mit-uh-muhs ]

noun,plural mit·ti·mus·es.Law.
  1. a warrant of commitment to prison.

  2. a writ for removing a suit or a record from one court to another.

Origin of mittimus

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Latin: we send, first word of such a writ; see remit

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mittimus

/ (ˈmɪtɪməs) /


nounplural -muses
  1. law a warrant of commitment to prison or a command to a jailer directing him to hold someone in prison

Origin of mittimus

1
C15: from Latin: we send, the first word of such a command

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